I guess Kudos for resigning in the wake of a tragedy that made you question what you were doing. That is why you resigned thou. You said you are for
the Truth but you also said you were asked to lie on a daily basis. So you did lie on a daily basis but this incident made you sick to continue lying.
So call it what it is and don't pretend to be for the truth.

originally posted by: aLLeKs
I have to say RT is always worth a look to get another perspective.
The truth lies between both sides.

This outlook amazes me, especially amongst ATS members.

Do you (rhetorical you) have a misplaced affinity for the outrageous propaganda from Russia Today simply because it fits in with your world-view
having been inspired by conspiracy theories that are (mostly) specific to the United States?

Seriously?

Russia Today is indeed much worse than other news sources as it's charter owes to the Russian government, and it's completely funded by the Russian
government.

People: it should be treated no better than Sorcha Faal or websites that do nothing but spout UFO hoaxes.

Don't follow Russia Today simply because they say crap you like -- then you're no better than the bleating hoard that follows/believes
FoxNews.

And how is this different from cnn, msnbc and other media centers who kneel and suck from the U.S. government and Israel?

If RT is not reliable news source the same may be said of the entire American media, european media and so on. They are Sorcha Faal aswell.

Some US media new outlets show bias, but bias is a long way from propaganda. Fox is by far the worst US news network, an analysis by a PunditFact
found that over half the statements made on Fox were false. Fox isn't just biased, it also pushes false or misleading stories. So in some respected
they are badfellows with RT.

A new analysis by PunditFact found that of every statement made by a Fox News host or guest, over half of them were flat-out false. What’s more,
only a measly 8% could be considered completely “true.”

In other words, a fancy review of hundreds of hours of video confirmed what many who watch Fox News with any regularity already know: Fox News lies. A
lot. Like all the time.

One difference is that Fox is propaganda for US corporations, versus RT's propaganda for Putin's government.

I suspect Russians aren't inclined towards US media as they find it heavily biased to the west. That is true, but our news networks don't really cover
foreign affairs at all, except for major incidents like shooting down Malaysian airlines. Seriously, we had two months of CNN looking for the last
Malaysian airliner, now this. American news networks focus on the important world events like what Republicans said about Democrats or what Democrats
said about Republicans. Fox news will gin up a scandal about Obama picking his nose, and MSNBC will spend countless hours on what Fox news said. All
our networks are biased, while Fox crosses the line every so often with a pure propaganda piece of invented news.

This is why RT is a propaganda network, and not merely a biased network. They are "reporting" (note the sarcastic quote marks) invented news as
fabricated by the Kremlin.

Historically, every nation resorted to propaganda in its media when at war. Most of the time such propaganda was aimed at its own citizens as opposed
to trying to influence other nations. RT differs in this respect as it is not intended for Russians, it is aimed at western nations.

PunditFact is a project of the Tampa Bay Times and the Poynter Institute, dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists,
bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media.

Why bias is a long way from propaganda? Is it not forming opinion? Is it not persuading?

If propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position, I see bias presenting
or possessing a partial perspective to the detriment of other alternatives (possibly equally valid) working as propaganda aswell.

American news networks focus on the important world events like what Republicans said about Democrats or what Democrats said about Republicans

Then you've decided to parrot Russian propaganda. Sorry to be harsh, but it's true.

It's called going against the establishment...

These nuts have to blame the US and it's allies for everything that happens, from air crashes to Hurricanes to bad farts.

The actual guilty parties are irrelevant, even when faced with overwhelming proof, the establishment is always behind it somehow and these idiots will
parrot the guilty parties propaganda, just to spite their own governments (which they undoubtedly hate with every fibre of their being).

These are the same idiots, who will be carted off to "who know... errr Cares where", when TSHTF finally.

Arguing with them is pointless, however ignoring them is next to impossible. But in the long run, they are metaphorically digging their own graves and
will probably be forced to do it for real at some point too...LOL

I find it very odd that not only would you blindly support establishment, but that you would also encourage the locking up of citizens in
concentration camps. All this for "hating" government. Hate to tell you buddy, that the nation you seem to be "patriotic" for (another term for
brainwashed simpleton nationalist) was created because a large group of people decided they "hated" their government. The founding fathers would be
ashamed of this popular culture advocating the silencing of protest.

Seems according to her some difference of opinion concerning the plane crash. I would say she is quitting for another job and this is part of what she
needs to do in order to get another job. I would imagine RT reporters deal with more flack about being propagandists more than most, although I am
unsure why.

It seems they are all propagandists these days, its only a matter of which propaganda you prefer.

originally posted by: pirhanna
Of course RT has propaganda in it. It's state media, not terribly different than the big American media, though they tend to run a wider variety of
stories.

What this really shows, though, is that the Russian state has less control over it's journalists than the American state does. Anderson Cooper
isn't going to quit and say he's been running propaganda for the state, even though we all know he (and everyone else on cnn, fox, msnbc) is.

When was the last time something similar to this happened? From my experiences I would say its almost unheard of.

The BBC is the British propaganda machine and didnt obama sign into law the ability for the american government to promote propaganda? If you think
the BBC is not biased then how come I have to go to another countries news outlets to get any news regarding my own country? Case in point the recent
austerity march, the recent picket fencing of PM cameron home in the cotswalds regarding the change in law for frackers to trespass on your land. I am
not saying RT is not biased either but when it comes to getting the truth regarding my own country i prefer RT. At least RT recognises the hypocrisy
of the western governments.

The U.S. and the Russian media are all state controlled. There is no real truth or real journalism
anymore. There is no single source of news that is reliable. The media is supposed to be the
last great protector of the masses and they have sold their soul to evil.

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